APPENDIX V 



An Act to provide for the Inspection and Branding of Pickled Fish 



(4-S George V, chap. 45, assented to 12th June, 1914) 



H 



IS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House 

 of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:— 



1. This Act may be cited as The Fish Inspection Act. 



2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires : — 



(o) " Minister " means the Minister of Marine and Fisheries ; 

 (6) "Department" means the Department of Marine and Fisheries; 

 (c) "inspecting officer" means an officer appointed under this Act; 

 (rf) "regulations'" means regulations made under the provisions of this 

 Act. 



3. This Act shall apply to salted herring, alewives, mackerel and salmon, and 

 the barrels, half-barrels or other packages in which such fish are salted and 

 marketed: Provided that the Governor in Council may at any time extend any 

 or all of the provisions of this Act to any other kinds of fish. 



4. The Governor in Council may appoint a general inspector and other 

 officers for the carrying out of the provisions of this Act, and shall fix and 

 determine the qualifications and duties of such officers. 



5. Every inspecting officer appointed for the purpose of this Act shall, 

 previous to his entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe to the 

 following oath: — 



I, of in the county of in the 



Province of do swear that I will faithfully and honestly 



execute the office and trust committed to me of (name of the office), and that I 

 will not, either directly or indirectly, engage in or in anywise carry on the 

 business of trading or dealing in fish barrels or fish during my term of office 

 as . So help me God. 



6. The Governor in Council may make such regulations, not inconsistent 

 with the provisions of this Act, as to him seem necessary for the carrying out 

 of the provisions hereof. Such regulations shall have the same force and effect 

 as if herein enacted, and shall take effect from the date mentioned in the regu- 

 lation's, and shall be published in The Canada Gazette. 



7. The brand provided by this Act shall not be put on any barrel containing 

 herring, alewives, mackerel, salmon or any other fish that may hereafter be 

 trought under the provisions of this Act, or on any half-barrel containing 

 herring or alewives, unless such fish have been caught, cured and packed by 

 such persons, in such manner, and under such conditions as may be prescribed 

 by regulations made by the Governor in Council. 



8. The inspection of barrels, half-barrels or other packages, and of the fish 

 they contain, shall take place at the port or place where such fish may have been 

 cured and packed : Provided that when curing and packing have been performed 

 at sea the inspection shall take place at any port of landing in Canada. 



181 



